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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2017/03/04 14:49
Universal datetime 2017/03/04 03:49
Latitude -6.71 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 156.09 ° ± 7 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1027 283733
Lae  1007 76255
Honiara  521 56298
Arawa  79 40266
Mt. Hagen  1318 33623
Popondetta  895 28198
Madang  1153 27419
Kimbe  671 18847
Goroka  1187 18503
Kavieng  743 14490
Kundiawa  1234 9383
Rabaul  518 8074
Gizo  174 6154
Lorengau  1107 5806
Kerema  1140 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.79
Azimuthal gap 115.26 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 03:52:08.7 -1.08 252.48 9.25 Automatic
IU CTAO P 03:53:48.67 2.92 214.57 16.43 Automatic
II MSVF P 03:55:11.97 0.55 119.25 24.09 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:01:04.92 1.35 327.26 69.51 Automatic
IU BILL P 04:01:38.77 2.04 3.98 75.14 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:02:18.47 -3.58 180.01 83.22 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:02:26.22 -0.82 318.57 84.21 Automatic
II KURK P 04:02:41.62 -1 321.77 87.37 Automatic
II AAK P 04:02:48.57 0.66 313.28 88.42 Automatic
II BRVK P 04:03:07.27 -1.05 323.12 92.86 Automatic